Fatar ST-900 Operation & User’s Manual

1, Welcome to the world of the Fatar Studio Series Keyboard Controllers. Congratulations on purchasing the ST-900, one of the finest master keyboard controllers in the world today. The action is a result of many years of design and engineering to bring the musician a: keyboard mechanism t…

2, 1) Connect the AC adapter cable to the power input jack, in the back of the controller, located next to the power switch. See Figure #1. Make sure that the AC adapter corresponds to the correct voltage output. The Studio 900 will accept an adapter that has a rating of 9V DC with a…

3, To select a bank of programs, hold the [PROGRAM ]switch, press [BANK] key, and enter the appropriate bank number using the 0 through 9 keys. The bank command will be transmitted when the [PROGRAM] switch is released. The [INC]/ [DEC] keys may be used instead of entering the bank …

4, To the right of the wheels there are four switches. These switches are used for program change, channel assignment, transposition and programmable wheel assignment. Eighteen black keys on the keyboard are used for special MIDI functions. The first five are used for [WHEEL A]. Notice, [AFT]…

5, CONTROLLER NUMBER 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12-15 16 17 18 19 20-31 32 33-63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70-7 80 81 82 83 84-91 92 93 94 95 96 Data increment 97 98-121 122 123 124 125 126 127 CONTROLLER FUNCTION Bank Modulation Breath controller Undefined Foot controller Portamento rate Data Entry MSB …

6, Fatar ST-900 Transposition: Sometimes a player may not be able to play in a certain key. At these times the [TRANSPOSE] switch will be invaluable. For example, if you need to change from the key of C major to the key of Eb major, you can still play the C major keys, but what you hear would be Eb major.…